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Jonathan Dickinson — The Wild River, Hobe Mountain, and South Florida's Most Overlooked Big Park
Eleven thousand five hundred acres of pine flatwoods and sand-pine scrub thirty minutes north of Jupiter, wrapped around the first federally Wild & Scenic River in Florida. Tourists drive past it forever. Locals know it's the wildest piece of land in a hundred-mile radius.
Jupiter Drift Diving — Where the Gulf Stream Carries You Past Bull Sharks
Three miles off Jupiter the Gulf Stream pulls within reach of the continental shelf. You drop down, drift two knots over reef and wreck, and surface a mile from where you started. From January through March, bull sharks ride that same current.
Jupiter Inlet Snook Spawn — Florida's Most Hunted Fish, the Catch-and-Release Reality, and How to Read the Tides
Late May through September, snook stack at Jupiter Inlet on the outgoing tide, ambushing mullet flushed from the Loxahatchee River. They are Florida's most charismatic inshore sport fish — and during summer spawn the entire fishery is catch-and-release only. Here is how to read the tides and fish it right.
Sebastian Inlet North Jetty — Florida's Most Famous Wave, Why Kelly Slater Grew Up Here, and How to Read the Lineup
Sebastian Inlet's North Jetty is Florida's most famous wave — a NE-swell right-hander that produced Kelly Slater, the Hobgoods, and Cory Lopez. Here's the practical sport post: tide, sections, lineup hierarchy, parking, and how not to embarrass yourself on your first paddle out.
Sebastian Inlet — The Treasure Coast's Twin-Jetty Playground
A narrow cut where the Indian River Lagoon meets the Atlantic, two jetties hosting a top-5 East Coast surf break, the state's #1 snook spot, manatees on one side and 1715 Spanish gold on the other. One state park, everything Florida coast does well.